Orange County (Orange)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Orange County Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, March 25, 2021; commissioner, Orange County Superior Court Court, 2021; assistant public defender, Orange County, 2003-21
Law School: Whittier College School of Law
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Orange County Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom, March 25, 2021; commissioner, Orange County Superior Court Court, 2021; assistant public defender, Orange County, 2003-21
Law School: Whittier College School of Law
ORANGE — When she found her first assignment was juvenile dependency, deciding whether to remove parental rights for mistreatment of their children, Judge Isabel Apkarian confessed she was not very thrilled. As a public defender for 18 years, she came from a world of “beyond reasonable doubt.”
Now, when making a ruling, “I know I’m breaking the heart of one party,” she said. “The law only affords parents of a child under 3 a gua... (continued)
